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☆ ‘They Have Nowhere to Go’: A Gaza Hospital Braces for Fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Margherita Stancati | Chao Deng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

At the sprawling Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, families pack the hallways inside, while others have set up makeshift tents outside, with bed sheets hung up for privacy. Doctors, short on space and supplies, tend to bloodied patients on the floor. About a mile away, a much bigger problem is approaching: The Israeli army is engaging in firefights with Hamas militants. Palestinians have been told to evacuate the 700-bed hospital, but many believe it’s the safest place they can go. Between 50,000 and 60,000 people are sheltering inside and around the grounds of the hospital, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, with 2,500 patients in need of care.

Organizations: Shifa, Hamas, Health Ministry Locations: Gaza City, Gaza

A Palestinian mourned the death of family members in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. Photo: mahmud hams/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesIsraeli troops were advancing toward the heart of Gaza City, engaging in heavy gunbattles and ratcheting up pressure on neighborhoods that have become a refuge for tens of thousands of Palestinians. The Israeli military said Thursday it captured an area on the western side of the Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza City, after a 10-hour gunbattle with Hamas that unfolded in tunnels and on city streets that have become a wasteland. Israel troops fought amid destroyed buildings, backed up by tanks, and with armored bulldozers clearing a path through the rubble, pictures released by Israel Defense Forces showed. Weapons were captured and tunnel shafts uncovered, the Israeli military said

Persons: Khan Younis, mahmud Organizations: Agence France, Getty, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Israel

The tiny Palestinian enclave of Gaza has been the focus of Israeli fire for the past month, after Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,400 people and taking hundreds hostage. More than 10,500 people have been killed, most of them women and children, according to health authorities in Hamas-run Gaza. The figures don’t distinguish between civilians and militants. The voices of people living there provide a picture of how life has changed for them under siege and bombardment. Write to Juanje Gómez at juanje.gomez@wsj.com, Chao Deng at chao.deng@wsj.com, Stephen Kalin at stephen.kalin@wsj.com and Luke Vargas at Luke.Vargas@wsj.com

Persons: Chao Deng, Stephen Kalin, Luke Vargas Locations: Gaza, Israel, juanje.gomez@wsj.com, chao.deng@wsj.com, stephen.kalin@wsj.com

CAIRO—On the wall of the border crossing between bombed-out Gaza and Egypt’s Sinai desert there is a list. The names on it have been a source of hope, despair and confusion for the hundreds of foreign families wanting to escape the Palestinian enclave under Israeli fire. When American sisters Jana and Mena Timraz appeared on the list on Thursday, they rejoiced. But their parents, their brothers and Jana’s husband, who aren’t U.S. citizens, were missing from the roster.

Persons: Jana, Mena Timraz Locations: CAIRO, Gaza

Airstrikes on a densely populated neighborhood in Gaza this week show Israel is waging a broader and more ferocious war against Hamas, an approach that aims to destroy the Palestinian militant group but has sparked an international backlash. The repeated strikes on the Jabalia neighborhood—a refugee camp that has turned into a warren of permanent homes and apartment buildings—come amid a three-week-long air campaign by Israel that is the most intense in its history and rivals any aerial bombardment this century, military analysts say.

Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel

Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Explainer: What is APEC? Asia-Pacific leaders head to San Francisco
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( David Brunnstrom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Pool/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will meet in San Francisco this month for the 30th APEC summit, the first hosted by the United States since 2011. APEC leaders are due to gather between Nov. 15-17. From Nov. 11 senior APEC finance officials and ministers will meet ahead of the summit, while the annual APEC CEO summit will run from Nov. 14-16. As of 2021, APEC members made up seven of the United States' top 10 overall trading partners. FASHION SHOWTraditionally APEC leaders wear local costume for a final-day group photo.

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☆ What is APEC? Asia-Pacific leaders head to San Francisco
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( David Brunnstrom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

☆ AI is not just chatting with us. It's learning how to turn verbal communications into real-world insights.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Hazel Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New conversational AI tools are turning verbal communications into actionable insights for market research. With the advent of LLMs, increasingly sophisticated chatbots are relaying technical data in relatable, everyday speech. Avery is, in fact, a conversation bot made by market research firm Untold Insights, and is part of a new wave of transformative artificial-intelligence tools designed to turn verbal communications into actionable insights for business strategists. Avery not only processes and presents data but also personifies it, relaying data insights in a conversational Gen Z voice. "Generative AI cannot understand or manage technical data unless it is available in a unified business layer and given business meaning," Soto said.

Persons: —, Avery, Gen Zers, she'll, Avery isn't, Zers, Adelynne Chao, Steve McGovern, McGovern, Stratio, Oscar Méndez Soto, Ernesto Funes, Stratio BD, Soto Organizations: Business, Service, Santander, HSBC, BBVA Locations: relatable

☆ Israel Says It Has Killed a Planner of Oct. 7 Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Chao Deng | Ari Flanzraich | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel’s military said its ground forces continued to fight inside Gaza early Saturday, after an intense wave of airstrikes and ground raids overnight targeted Hamas’s extensive network of underground tunnels and killed leaders of the militant group involved in the planning of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The war between Israel and Hamas entered a new phase Friday after Israel said it was expanding its ground operation in the Gaza Strip and launched an intense wave of strikes from air and sea, possibly laying the ground for a full-blown invasion of the enclave.

Persons: Israel Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday night that the second phase of Israel’s war in Gaza had begun, effectively signaling the start of a ground operation but stopping short of calling it an invasion. Israel’s ground forces continued to fight inside Gaza Saturday, after an intense wave of airstrikes and ground raids overnight Friday targeted Hamas’s extensive network of underground tunnels and killed leaders of the militant group involved in the planning of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that left more than 1,400 people dead.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Gaza Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Gaza Hospitals, Shelters Cut Back on Services as Fuel Runs Short
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Chao Deng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

As Gaza runs out of fuel to power its generators, hospitals in the besieged Palestinian enclave fear they will have to turn away patients and unplug lifesaving machines. Shelters housing tens of thousands of families are switching off the lights. Bakeries are shutting down. “The situation is getting worse day by day, hour by hour,” said Mohammad Aburayya, a 47-year-old doctor, who has been sheltering with his family at a United Nations facility for nearly two weeks. “I don’t remember the last time I saw electricity.”

Persons: ”, Mohammad Aburayya, “ Organizations: United Nations Locations: Gaza

The Israeli army said Friday night that it was expanding its ground operations in the Gaza Strip amid intensifying airstrikes in its most significant maneuver yet ahead of an invasion intended to end 16 years of Hamas rule, while the strip came under a nearly complete communications blackout. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief Israel Defense Forces spokesman, again urged Palestinians to leave the northern Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, to head south, amid growing signs that the military was poised to launch an expansive ground operation.

Persons: Daniel Hagari Organizations: Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza

Israel ramped up its bombing of targets on three fronts, including a rare airstrike in the West Bank, as humanitarian aid trickled into the Gaza Strip in an international effort to ease the hardship the conflict has wrought on the two million civilians trapped there. An Israeli soldier died during an operation in Gaza, and the Israeli military struck a mosque compound in the West Bank’s city of Jenin that it said was being used by militants to plan attacks. It also struck a target in southern Lebanon, where it said militants were attempting to launch antitank missiles at the Israeli side of the border.

Persons: Israel ramped Organizations: West Bank Locations: Gaza, Israeli, West Bank’s, Jenin, Lebanon

A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza for the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas militants. Egyptian officials said 20 trucks filled with medical supplies and some food crossed into Gaza on Saturday morning before Egypt closed the border again. Citizens of the U.S. and other foreign countries stuck in Gaza weren’t able to enter Egypt, the officials said.

Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt

☆ Gaza Hospital Explosion Stuns Overworked Doctors; ‘No Place Is Safe Now’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Chao Deng | Menna Farouk | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

As news of a deadly explosion in a Gaza hospital compound spread across the Palestinian enclave, doctors at the nearby Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital wondered whether to evacuate staff, patients and the hundreds of people who had taken refuge there. “Where could we go? No place is safe now,” said Abdel Rahman Bassem, a 24-year-old intern. The doctors and patients remained.

Persons: Shuhada, Aqsa, ”, Abdel Rahman Bassem Locations: Gaza, Shuhada Al

☆ Listen: Biden to Visit Israel as Gaza Border Opening Stalls
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden will depart for Israel today, pledging support for America’s ally and humanitarian relief for Palestinians. In the latest edition of the What's News podcast, Journal correspondent Chao Deng explains the situation in Gaza amid a worsening shortage of food and water. Luke Vargas hosts.

Persons: Biden, Chao Deng, Luke Vargas Organizations: What's Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Dollar buoyed by safe-haven bids, rate jitters
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The yen was last steady at 149.53 per dollar. "Obviously war is inflationary, disrupts growth and threatens risk assets," James Malcolm, head of FX strategy at UBS in London. Elsewhere, the safe-haven dollar stood near a one-week high against a basket of currencies as risk sentiment remained fragile, pinning the euro near a one-week low hit on Friday. The Australian dollar , often used as a proxy for risk appetite, gained 0.19% to $0.6309, after sliding 1.4% last week. "The kiwi dollar jumped this morning following a clear and decisive victory of New Zealand's opposition National Party," said Kyle Rodda, senior financial market analyst at Capital.com.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Benjamin Netanyahu, James Malcolm, David Chao, Christopher Luxon, Chris Hipkins, Kyle Rodda Organizations: Federal, U.S, country's, Bank of Japan, UBS, Sterling, Asia Pacific, Australian, Economic, of New, New Zealand, National Party, ACT, Labor Party, New Zealand First Locations: Chicago, Israeli, Asia, Gaza, London, Friday's, Israel, Japan, of New York

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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: egypt, gaza

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☆ U.S. Families With Loved Ones Missing in Israel Turn to Washington for Help
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Chao Deng | David S. Cloud | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—As American families desperately try to find loved ones missing in Israel after a deadly attack by the militant group Hamas, many relatives are pressing Washington to take steps to bring them home safely while some others are going out themselves to search for them.

Organizations: Hamas, Washington Locations: TEL AVIV, Israel

☆ We Shop for a Living—Here’s What We’re Buying on Amazon Prime Big Deal Days
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Buy Side Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +11 min

By Buy Side StaffAmazon Prime Big Deal Days are here, which means it’s time to save on products across the mega-retailer’s offerings. For that I recommend this Bose SoundLink Revolve+ ii portable speaker on sale with 40% off for $199. That will soon change, since I’m buying a sparkling water maker from Sodastream while it’s more than 30% off. Now I’m excited to add this standing lamp that’s currently on sale to introduce some fun colors to my home. And while it’s already a good deal at $25, it’s an even better one now that it’s on sale for under $20 during Prime Big Deal Days.” —Madeline Diamond, staff editor

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